Bulb planting, Sarah Raven & Arthur Parkinson, solving an arty plant puzzle

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

It's time to get your flower bulbs in the ground, and RHS expert Nikki Barker shares her top tips on what to plant and how to plant it for beautiful and long-lasting spring displays. In an intimate conversation packed with gardening tips, author, broadcaster and kitchen garden guru Sarah Raven talks Arthur Parkinson, discussing everything from how their gardening friendship grew, to the edible and visual late-season glories of the ornamental kitchen garden. Plus Fiona Davison tells the tale of how a perplexing 19th-century botanical art mystery was solved. *To hear more from Sarah and Arthur, head over to the Grow, Cook, Eat, Arrange Podcast For links see the episode show notes or visit rhs.org.uk/podcast

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:05.0	Where nature puts on an unforgettable performance of colour and fragrance.
0:09.3	The scenery changes many times in one season and our finest trees will happily play the part of.
0:14.7	The best hiding place ever.
0:17.4	Booth.
0:18.2	Put your day out of dreams in the hands of the experts.
0:21.6	It's the greatest show in Earth.
0:23.6	At an RHS garden near you.
0:25.6	Book tickets online for discounts plus under five score free and under 16s of five pounds.
0:33.6	If you're hoping for an explosion of colour in your garden next spring, now's the time to get some flower bulbs in the ground.
0:40.3	So in today's gardening with the RHS, we'll take you through what to plant as autumn arrives.
0:46.3	We're also solving a mystery about a botanical cartoon, and we're hearing how a very popular grower was inspired to become a gardener after a trip to their local library.
0:56.6	I discovered Sarah's book, The Bold and Brilliant Garden at the library.
1:00.9	And I just remember finding this book and it marrying my fantasy kind of Alice in Wonderland, exotic birds and foliage and lushness and like a decoupage of all colours and tones and shapes.
1:14.3	And I just remember thinking, actually, this is the point of being on earth.
1:17.9	It was like feeling like I'd found Eden.
1:21.1	Arthur Parkinson would go on to work with the author of that book, Sarah Raven.
1:25.8	And we hear from both of them later in the show.
1:31.4	I'm Verity Bradbury, the trials team leader here at RHS Garden Wisley,
1:35.7	and we're currently standing in the trials garden.
1:38.6	If you can hear some slight sort of dripping and dropping,
1:41.9	the reason is it is very grey and drizzly here at Whistley today,
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